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General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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 #1641393  by CLamb
 
How do condensing steam locomotives remove oil from the water? I know how shipboard systems do it but there is much less space on a locomotive.
 #1642188  by Pneudyne
 
For one example of how it was done, perhaps refer to the following ILE paper:

Class "25” Condensing Locomotives on the South African Railways - Design and Operating Experiences

By Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Roosen (Henschel-Werke)

ILE (Institution of Locomotive Engineers) Paper #607, 1960 March


It contains a section entitled:

4. Water cycle and extraction of oil from the exhaust steam

(Too long to transcribe and include here.)




Cheers,